Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, announced on January 6 that the “Matsukura Castle Ruins” (2059 Matsukura-cho, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture) in Matsukura-cho has been reported as a project for designation as a national historic site.
The report was presented at the Cultural Properties Subcommittee of the Council for Cultural Affairs of the Agency for Cultural Affairs held on December 20, 2024. This is the first time since 1980 that Takayama City has been designated as a national historic site since the Donoue site.
Matsukura Castle Ruins was the stronghold of the Miki clan, lords of the southern Hida region who expanded into the Takayama Basin in the late 16th century (Muromachi Period), and was a mountain castle built on the 856.7-meter-high summit of Mt. The main circle and the southwestern sanomaru have 5 to 8 meter high stone walls made of huge stones. The second circle to the east of the main circle has low stone walls made of small stones on the north and south sides, and a two-tiered stone wall on the east side with a platform made of small and medium stones.
It is thought that the castle was built in two stages, from an earthen castle to one with stone walls, based on the remains on the north and east sides using rough stone masonry, vertical moats, and moat cuts, and two lines of castle remains that attempted to defend the west and south sides by building high stone walls.
In addition, the gate and the entrance of San-no-maru were filled with stones from the collapsed stone walls, and there are traces of “castle breaking,” in which stone walls, gates, and other defensive facilities were destroyed so that the castle could not be used.
The site was evaluated as an extremely important site for understanding the political situation in the Hida region during the Warring States period and the history of castles, from earthen castles to castles with stone walls and castlebreaking.
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